Rebecca White is an EB-5 immigration attorney and founder of the Law Office of Rebecca White, located in Seattle, Wash. She focuses solely on U.S. immigration and nationality issues and her clientele includes the information technology industry, corporations, artists, athletes, and research institutions from all around the world. Her practice provides assistance to both individuals as well as corporate clients. The attorneys at the firm come from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and understand the stress and issues that immigration matters often cause for individuals and families. Attorney White and her colleagues firmly believe that those experiencing difficult circumstances deserve the greatest amount of respect and dignity and always treat their clients in such a manner.
Attorney White has given numerous seminars regarding immigration matters. She presented on marriage-based immigration issues at the 2000 American Immigration Lawyers Association Northwest Regional Conference, spoke about the basics of business immigration law for the National Business Institute, and also presented about immigration tactics for employers at the National Business Institute in 2005.
Attorney White earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mills College in Oakland, Calif. in 1993. She earned her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1996. Her practice has been dedicated exclusively to immigration law since 1997.
Attorney White has been licensed to practice law in the state of Washington since 1997 and has been licensed to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, Seattle-King County Bar, the American Bar Association, and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. She is also an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she served as the 1999-2000 Washington state program chair.
Answers to EB-5 30 Questions Answered
- What considerations should be given to omitting a spouse or child from an EB-5 1-526 petition?
- Can a foreigner obtain an EB-5 visa on venture capital raised in the United States?
- Do the same workers have to be employed the entire two years?
- How can I obtain an EB-5 visa while on another visa?
- What type of project should I use when applying for a regional center?
- Can I transition from an L-1 visa to an EB-5 visa?
- How long before I can move to USA?
- Do I have to live in the United States permanently?
- How do I prepare for an embassy interview?
- Does EB-5 place limitations on family immigration?
- Do I need an attorney to apply for an EB-5 visa?
- May I use my saved 500k while I am on H-1B visa to start my own business?
- Can I purchase an EB-5 Regional Center?
- Can I use gifted money from my maternal uncle for EB5?
- Do I need a sponsor for an EB-5 green card?
- Can I use EB-5 investors as business partners for my small business?
- What are the most common problems that EB-5 visa applicants face?
- Do all immigrant investors have to invest through EB-5 Regional Centers?
- Can funds from a parent in the U.S. be used for an EB-5 visa?
- Can investors from Vietnam participate in the EB-5 visa program?
- Can an illegal immigrant qualify for an EB-5 visa?
- Does USCIS give a receipt upon receiving EB-5 visa materials?
- Can I maintain my green card petition after a failed EB-5 project?
- Do I need to declare taxes on an EB-5 investment that was gifted from my parents?
- Can an EB-5 Investment be made in a 501(c)3 non-profit?
- Does the entire EB-5 investment amount have to be made before filing the I-526?
- Can an EB-5 green card be granted to the partners managing a company?
- How long do EB-5 jobs need to be created for?
- Will I have to go to an embassy interview to get an EB-5 visa?
- Is there a list of investors interested in the EB-5 program?